[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 145 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1143-D1147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 27 through November 1, 1997

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will consider the nomination of Algenon L. Marbley, 
of Ohio, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 
with a vote to occur thereon.

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  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 1173, Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Act, with a vote on a motion to close further 
debate on the modified committee amendment to occur thereon.
  Also, during the week, Senate may resume consideration of S. 1156, 
D.C. Appropriations, 1998, conference report on H.R. 2107, Interior 
Appropriations, 1998, and consider further conference reports, when 
available, and any cleared legislative and executive business.

  (Senate will recess on Tuesday, October 28, 1997 from 12:30 p.m. 
until 2:15 p.m. for respective party conferences.)


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 28, 
Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology, to hold hearings 
to examine electronic authenticity and digital signature issues, 
10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: October 28, to hold hearings to examine 
the state of American education, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  October 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S. 
policy implications for NATO enlargement, European Union expansion 
and the European Monetary Union, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  October 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine funding 
for international affairs, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 28, to 
hold hearings to examine aviation competition issues, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, to hold hearings 
to examine the future of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Corps, and S. 877, to disestablish the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Corps of Commissioned 
Officers, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on S. 943 and H.R. 
2005, bills to revise Federal aviation law to declare that nothing 
in such law or in the Death on the High Seas Act shall affect any 
remedy existing at common law or under State law with respect to any 
injury or death arising out of any aviation incident occurring on or 
after January 1, 1995, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  October 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
William Clyburn, Jr., of South Carolina, to be a Member of the 
Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation, and 
Duncan T. Moore, of New York, and Arthur Bienenstock, of California, 
each to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  October 30, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 28, 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to hold hearings 
to examine the potential impacts on, and additional responsibilities 
for, federal land managers imposed by the Environmental Protection 
Agency's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on regional haze regulations 
implementing Section 169A and 169B of the Clean Air Act, 2 p.m., SD-
366.
  October 29, Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, 
and Recreation, to hold hearings on S. 638, to provide for the 
expeditious completion of the acquisition of private mineral 
interests within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument 
mandated by the 1982 Act that established the monument, 2 p.m., SD-
366.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, to 
hold hearings on S. 1253, to provide to the Federal land management 
agencies the authority and capability to manage effectively the 
federal land in accordance with the principles of multiple use and 
sustained yield, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's hydroelectric 
relicensing procedures, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 28, to hold 
hearings on the nomination of Kenneth R. Wykle, of Virginia, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  October 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings on evidentiary 
privileges or immunity from prosecution for voluntary environmental 
audits, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 28, to hold hearings to 
examine costs, benefits, burdensharing and military implications of 
NATO enlargement, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Richard Frank Celeste, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to India, Shaun 
Edward Donnelly, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently as 
Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives, Edward M. Gabriel, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, 
Cameron R. Hume, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Democratic and 
Popular Republic of Algeria, Daniel Charles Kurtzer, of Maryland, to 
be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, James A. Larocco, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, and Edward S. 
Walker, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Israel, 2 p.m., SD-
419.
  October 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Amy L. Bondurant, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative 
of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic 
Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Terrence 
J. Brown, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator for Management, 
Thomas H. Fox, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination, and Harriet C. 
Babbitt, of Arizona, to be Deputy Administrator, all of the Agency 
for International Development, and Kirk K. Robertson, of Virginia, 
to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation, all of the Department of State, 11 a.m., SD-419.

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  October 29, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the United 
States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control to examine 
United States-Mexican cooperation in efforts to combat drugs, 2 
p.m., SD-106.
  October 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of 
Joseph A. Presel, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Uzbekistan, Stanley Tuemler Escudero, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, B. Lynn Pascoe, of 
Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
Special Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh, Steven Karl Pifer, of 
California, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, Kathryn Linda Haycock 
Proffitt, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, 
James Catherwood Hormel, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Luxembourg, David B. Hermelin, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to 
Norway, Lyndon Lowell Olson, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
Sweden, and Gerald S. McGowan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Portugal, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  October 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
relationship between NATO and Russia, Thursday at 9:30 a.m. and 
Thursday at 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: October 27, Subcommittee on 
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold 
hearings to examine the safety and reliability of the nuclear 
stockpile, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  October 28, 29 and 30, Full Committee, to resume hearings to 
examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special 
investigation on campaign financing, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  October 31, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
oversight hearings on the Treasury Department's Office of Inspector 
General, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 28 and 29, to hold hearings on 
pending nominations, Tuesday at 10 a.m. and Wednesday at 2 p.m., SD-
226.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and 
Competition, to hold hearings to examine antitrust implications of 
the proposed settlement between the State Attorneys General and 
tobacco companies to mandate a total reformation and restructuring 
of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed 
in America, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the 
Courts, to hold hearings to examine victim compensation and 
attorneys' fees with regard to class action lawsuits, 2 p.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: October 27, Subcommittee 
on Public Health and Safety, to hold hearings to examine proposals 
to deter youth from using tobacco products, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  October 28, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine an 
Administration study on the confidentiality of medical information 
and recommendations on ways to protect the privacy of individually 
identifiable information and to establish strong penalties for those 
who disclose such information, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  October 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine recent 
developments and current issues in HIV/AIDS, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: October 30, to hold 
hearings to examine the Senate strategic planning process for 
infrastructure support; to be followed by a business meeting to 
consider pending legislative and administrative matters, 9 a.m., SR-
301.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 29, to hold hearings on S. 
1077, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  October 30, Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business; to be followed by a hearing on the nomination of 
Keven Gover, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 28, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation with regard to intelligence disclosure to 
Congress, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  October 28, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
October 29, to hold joint hearings with the Committee on Foreign 
Relations to examine United States-Mexican cooperation in efforts to 
combat drugs, 2 p.m., SD-106.


                             House Chamber

  Monday, The House is not in session.
  Tuesday, Consideration of 7 Suspension measures;
  1. H. Res. 139, Dollars to Classrooms Act;
  2. S. 1227, Clarify Treatment of Investment Managers under the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974;
  3. S. 923, Deny Veterans Benefits to Persons Convicted of Federal 
Capital Offenses;
  4. H.R. 2367, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 
1997;
  5. H.R. 2644, United States-Caribbean Trade Partnership Act;
  6. H.R. 1484, Redesignate the Dublin Federal Courthouse Building 
Located in Dublin, Georgia, as the J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse; 
and
  7. H.R. 1479, designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located in Miami, Florida, as the ``David W. Dyer Federal 
Courthouse'';
  Consideration of the Conference Report on H.R. 1119, Department of 
Defense Authorization (rule waiving all points of order); and
  Consideration of H.R. 1270, Nuclear Waste Policy Act (rule only).
  Note: No votes are expected before 5:00 p.m.
  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Consideration of H.R. 1270, Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act (structured rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2493, Uniform Management of Livestock Grazing 
on Federal Lands (Subject to a Rule);
  Consideration of H.R. 2616, Charter Schools Amendments Act of 1997 
(subject to a rule);

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  Consideration of H.R.       , Help Scholarship Act (subject to a 
rule); and
  Consideration of H.R. 2614, Reading Excellence Act (subject to a 
rule);


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 29, hearing on H.R. 2534, 
Agricultural Research Extension and Education Reauthorization Act of 
1997, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, 
hearing on Review of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's 
Government Performance Results Act Report, 1 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and 
Foreign Agriculture, hearing on review of the waste and abuse in the 
administration of the Food Stamp Program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, October 29, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, hearing on Child Health, 
10:00 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, October 30, 
Subcommittee on Capital Markets, hearing on the GAO Report on the 
Office of Federal Housing Finance Oversight, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, October 28, Subcommittee on Health and 
Environment, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1415, Patient 
Access to Responsible Care Act of 1997; and H.R. 820, Health 
Insurance Bill of Rights Act of 1997, 2:30 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Medicare Home Health, 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 2691, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration Reauthorization Act of 1997, 10:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on Video Competition: Access to 
Programming, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, October 29, Subcommittee 
on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the American Worker at a 
Crossroads Project, ``Future of Work in America'', 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, October 27, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, 
hearing on Oversight of the Implementation of the Clinger-Cohen Act, 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 28, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on IRS' 
Suspension of Its Affirmative Action Program, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 28, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Affairs and Criminal Justice, executive, hearing on Security Status 
of U.S. Personnel Overseas, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Human Resources, will meet to consider 
an oversight report on Persian Gulf War veterans' illnesses, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 30, full Committee, hearing on the Results Act: Are We 
Getting Results?, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Human Resources, oversight hearing on 
employee pension protections and the Department of Labor's 
enforcement of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 10 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, October 29, hearing on 
Recent Developments in Europe, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 28, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, markup of H.J. Res. 78, proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States restoring religious freedom, 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  October 29, to markup the following measures: H.R. 1023, Ricky Ray 
Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1997; H.R. 1753, to provide for the 
establishment of not less than 2,500 Boys and Girls Clubs of America 
facilities by the year 2000; H.R. 2460, Wireless Telephone 
Protection Act; H.R. 429, NATO Special Immigration Amendments of 
1997; H.J. Res. 91, granting the consent of Congress to the 
Apalachicola-Chattahoocee-Flint River Basin Compact; H.J. Res. 92, 
granting the consent of Congress to the Alabama-Cossa Tallapoose 
River Basin Compact; H.J. Res 95, granting the consent of Congress 
to the Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact; H.J. Res 96, 
granting the consent and approval of Congress for the State of 
Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia 
to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation 
Compact, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
hearing regarding copyright licensing regimes covering 
retransmission of broadcast signals, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing regarding options for 
improving and expanding cooperation between Federal Prison 
Industries and the private sector, 9:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources; October 28, Subcommittee on Forest and 
Forest Health, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1659, Mount St. 
Helens National Volcanic Monument Completion Act; H.R. 2416, provide 
for the transfer of certain rights and property to the United States 
Forest Service in exchange for a payment from the occupant of such 
property; and H.R. 2574, to consolidate certain mineral interest in 
the National grasslands in Billings County, ND, through the exchange 
of Federal and private mineral interest to enhance land management 
capabilities and environmental and wildlife protection, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  October 29, full Committee, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
100, Guam Commonwealth Act; H.R. 2370, Guam Judicial Empowerment Act 
of 1997; and S. 210, to amend the Organic Act of Guam, the Revised 
Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, and the Compact of Free 
Association Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans, to consider pending business; followed by an oversight 
hearing to examine activities being planned by the Administration 
for the International Year of the Ocean, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  October 30, to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, to 
consider pending business; followed by a hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 682, National Parks Capital Improvements Act of 1997, 
H.R. 2438, to encourage establishment of appropriate trails on 
abandoned railroad rights-of-way, while ensuring protection of 
certain reversionary property rights; H.R. 1995, Point Reyes 
National Seashore Farmland Protection Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on 
Water Management Implications of the 1997/98 El Nino, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, October 28, to consider H.R. 2493, Forage 
Improvement Act of 1997, 5:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House 
and the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, joint 
hearing on Implementation of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and 
Proposals for Reform, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, October 28, Subcommittee on Technology, 
hearing on Do You Know Who You Are Doing Business With? Signatures 
In a Digital Age, 3 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 29, full Committee, hearing on Science, Math, Engineering, 
and Technology Education (SMET) in America--Collaboration and 
Coordination of Federal Agency Efforts in SMET K-12 Education, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on 
Indemnification and Crosswaiver Authority, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 29, hearing on SBA 
implementation of the Results Act, 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 29, to 
markup pending legislation, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on Superfund Reauthorization and Reform Legislation, 1 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing on Oil Spill Prevention Measures, 10 a.m., 
2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, October 28, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on protecting children from the Impacts of 
Substance Abuse on Families Receiving Welfare, 3 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  October 28, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the performance 
of the Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Program, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 29, executive, 
hearing on Nonproliferation, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: October 29, to hold hearings to examine 
the role of monetary policy in a healthy economic expansion, 10 
a.m., SD-138.